The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-06-11
SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1887.
LOCAL AFFAIRS


a few days ago.
The article on the first page, descriptive of
the city of London, is full of interest, and we
invite attention to it.
A cherry tree, full of choice fruit, on the
premises of Mr.. f. H. 0rendorlf this city,
was stripped clean by some thief on Tuesday
night last
Mr.. N. II. Baumgartner opened a confec-
tionery and stationery store in the Bowers
Building on Monday. 1t is wel-stocked with
fresh goods.
Miss Anna NJ. Motter, of Taneytown, was
awarded the prize in literature at Lutherville
Female Seminary. at commencement exer-
cises on Tuesday.
Messrs. J. II. Cunningham, T. A. Snyder
and W. Il. Anders, of the Cycling Ramblers,
will go to Hagerstown next week, to attend
the bicycle parade and festivities.
Mr. JOS Hewlett, who came here recently
as teacher and director of the Westminster
Band, has taken a position in the shops of
the Western Maryland Railroad at Union
Bridge.
Invitations are out for the wedding of Miss
Sue Brown and Mr.. George &. ManHerz, at
the NJ. p. Church, Uniontown, on June 22d.
The bride-elect is a daughter of Mr.. John A.
Brown.
Mr.. Daniel S. Diehl, of Uniontown, recently
sold 80 head of fat cattle that averaged 1.459
pounds, gain of 45l pounds each. They
were purchased for expectation, and brought
$500 per hundred.
The ADVOCATE acknowledges the compli-
ment of an invitation to the Commencement
burg, Pa, from Mr.. d. Snider Stephan, of
this city, student at the college.
Mrs. H. H. Power has taken seventeen
a Atlantic City ap1 will
next week. Mr.. W. W. Power will be super-
intendent of the Monterey Springs Hotel, in
Franklin county, Pa. He took charge this
week
An excursion party, comprising 81 persons,
went from Gettysburg to Baltimore last Sat.
urday. On Tuesday an excursion train car
ried 500 Catholics from the same place to
Baltimore, on the occasion ofthe parade and
reception to Cardinal Gibbons.
Mrs. Rachel Hostetter, sister of the late
Henry Schriver, of Hanover, Pa, died at her
home in Columbiana county, Ohio, on May
9th, aged "a years. Mr.. Schriver was 80
when he died, and the only one of the family
now living is Mrs. Betsy McIlvain, of Titles
town, who is %.
Rev. II. W. Kuhns, D. D., now delegate
10 the Lutheran Synod of the United States
at Omaha, Nebraska, has kindly ordered the
Herald Of that city to be sent to the ADVOCATE
during the sessions of the Synod. The
Herald is progressive paper, and its issue
of June 9TH embraced AZ pages.
Main street from Ralph to Church has had
the mud seYaped off and hauled away this week,
and several citizens in the square between
Ralph and Court have had some street scrap
ing done. The bed of the street is not only
much more slightly, but the healthfulness of
the neighborhood has been improved. Why
L., &C. ,.II
Mrs. Theodore Biggs of near this city, who
went to Ireland recently, to visit relatives,
wrote home (the letter was received this week
that the mother of Mr.. VIM. John Biggs, near
Westminster, died few days before she land
ed. The deceased was quite aged. Mr.. Biggs
had intended going to ireland to visit his moth
er when Mrs. Theodore Biggs went over.
The organ fund of Ascension Church. this
city, is now sufficient to warrant the Vcstry
in ordering an instrument, and at a meeting
of that body on Monday night it was decided
60 purchase an organ at once, and the order
has been sent to a Boston mandatory. 1t
will require three months to build the organ,
and it may be expected the latter part Of Sep
TENDER.
The Westminster Gun Club are practicing
quite often on their grounds near the Court
House. On Friday last, out of possible 20,
the members made the following score:
Miller u, Roberts H. Long I, Reifsnider II,
Engle 10, Grumbne 6, Warner Z, Smith 10,
Reese I. Frizzle IL, Roop 10, Shriver II,
Englar II. The hits and misses were equal,
1870 of each.
The wheat crop of this county has had a
hard time of it. Much of it, on low ground
and on corn ground, was winter killed. Then
the fly attacked it, and now the green worm
and the rust are committing their ravages upon
"a ., Ill, tb,tt ba bor
will yield the shortest crop that has been
garnered in this county for twenty years.
The green worm which is attacking the wheat,
cuts the heads Off as with knife.
Quite number of persons having solicited
Miss Maggie McKellip to open a private
school for children from five to fourteen
years of age, she has consented to do SO il
the proper number of students are offered.
If arrangements are made the school will be
opened in the central part of the city, so as
to be convenient for children at either end.
Miss Mckillip manages children well, and
will be a good diSciplinarian. She is also
well qualified to teach.
W. H. Hiteshew, well-known grocer of
Cha0ibersburg, Pa, formerly of Uniontown,
this county, attempted to stop runaway
horse on Friday evening of last week, and
was throwR with great force against brick
pile, rendering him unconscious. He was
carried into hotel and an examination
made which showed wound on his head,
extending from ear to ear, several ribs on his
left side and his right collar bone broken.
Owing to his age it is feared that the injuries
will prove fatal.
b. T. Shriver & Co. made large shipment
of canned goods to San Francisco, California,
last Saturday. Their pack this year will be
very large. They have between 500 and 600
acres out in corn near Westminster, for their
eannery here, and about 400 acres planted for
their cannery at Union Mills. They expect
to put up from 25, 900 to 80, 000 cans of corn
day during the season. The cannery of
DIR. Charles Billingslea this city, will also be
actively put in operation this season. 1t
started this week on peas. He has orders for
large amount Of goods.
The Westminster Forest and Stream Clnb
held meeting on Tuesday Bight, with b. f.
Grouse president pro tenn. John j. Reese
was chosen president in the place of Elias
Yingling. deceased. and Chas ii. Baughman
g. Z. Grouse and George A. Miller were APP
pointed committee to draft resolutions on
the death of the late president The club
will 20 Into camp near Oxford, at the CON
luence of the Tread Avon and Choptank
rivers, on the lllh of July. Dr. Geo. Baugh-
inan aud s. Carr Wiekert were appointed a
committee to visit the site of the camp, ar
range for boats. &c. Frank Penn has been
chosen cuisine artist for the camp.
The audience at the performance of Queen
Esther was larger on the second night than on
the nrst, and lbe singing and acting were more
snirited. Mrs z. T. Shaw, Oh the organ. as
sisted the accompaniSt ON the second evening,
and altogether the eantaia was more enjoy
able. Mrs. Rahter favored the audience with
three solos. aud Prof Hewlett, on the eornet
and Prof, Dielman on the flute, also render
ed enjoyable solos There was great de-
mand for a repetition Of the eantata on Sat
nrday night but the chief soloists had engage
menis in Baltimore on that evening. The
piano and organ we're kindly loaned for the
cantatl hy j Geiselman & Son, of this city.
The net proceeds of the two entertainments
were something over 500.
Mr.. Wyndham Walden. whose stables and
racing track are at Middleburg, has purchased
the Longfelow lilies Jennie B. and Lizzie
Baker for $1,000. The former is out OF
Burch's dam Brocade; by Bonnie Scotland,